Jeopardy! (franchise)
A quiz show franchise where answers become questions.
The Jeopardy! franchise encompasses numerous board games, video games, and other merchandise based on the television quiz show.[1][2] Several books about the show that were not authorized have been written by individuals connected to the program.[3]
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Merv Griffin
- Owner
- Sony Pictures Television; Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
- Films
- White Men Can't Jump (1992)†, †
- Games
- See Board games section
- Music
- "Think!" (theme music)
- Attractions
- Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996–2017)†, †
- Years
- 1964–present
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Pressman Toy Corporation marketed several Jeopardy! board game versions in the mid-to-late 1980s, including an electronic version in 1987 and a "25th Anniversary Edition."[1] Sony Imagesoft created a Sega CD game in 1994, with clues read by Wheel of Fortune announcer Charlie O'Donnell instead of Alex Trebek.[4] Hasbro Interactive produced two PlayStation adaptations in 1998 and 2000, featuring clues read by announcer Johnny Gilbert.[5] The Great Game Co. intended to create a Jeopardy! game for the Atari 2600 in 1983, but development was halted and the project never reached release.[6]
GameTek put out Jeopardy! games for the Super NES and Genesis in 1992; "Deluxe Editions" and "Sports Editions" of these followed in 1993 and 1994.[7] Classroom Jeopardy!, a programmable system intended for educational settings, was brought to market by Educational Insights in 2002.[8] The Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System was launched by MGA Entertainment in 2007.[9]
What the cited sources add
Eisenberg wrote that Lowe had appeared on many other game shows under aliases and misled Jeopardy! on her application.[10] According to the article, during the 1980s, ABC's compliance rules restricted contestants to a maximum of two game show appearances within any five-year span.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jeopardy! board games", Board Game Geek (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Best Educational Video Games of All Time", Certification Map, July 28, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McNear, "The Search of the Lost 'Jeopardy!' Tapes Is Over. The Mystery Behind Them Endures.", The Ringer, May 2, 2023 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jeopardy! for Sega CD", IGN; Strauss, "Jeopardy!", February 3, 1995; "Jeopardy! for CD-i", IGN; "GameTek Lives", IDG, April 1998, p. 28 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jeopardy! for PlayStation", IGN, 10 December 1998; "Jeopardy! 2 Review", IGN, 13 May 2000; "Jeopardy! 2003 for PlayStation 2", IGN; "Jeopardy! for PS3", IGN, 13 September 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jeopardy! for Atari 2600", IGN (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jeopardy! for Super NES", IGN; "Jeopardy! for Genesis", IGN; "Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition for Super NES", IGN; "Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition for Genesis", IGN; "Taking a Peek", May 1994, p. 174–180; "Jeopardy! Sports Edition for Super NES", IGN; "Jeopardy! Sports Edition for Genesis", IGN (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Richmond, "This is Jeopardy!: Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show", Barnes & Noble Books, 2004, p. 210 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jeopardy! (franchise)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jeopardy! Goes Interactive on DVD: Home Game Recreates the Live Experience for Fans", MGA Entertainment, September 13, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- McNear, "The Search of the Lost 'Jeopardy!' Tapes Is Over. The Mystery Behind Them Endures.", The Ringer, May 2, 2023. facts only, no text reused. theringer.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Jeopardy! (franchise) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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